Program Evaluation Report – Winter 2011

In 2011, Jill Hearne, PhD. (IIY board advisor) and Linda Elman, PhD. continued their two year assessment of Invest in Youth’s after school tutoring program. Funded by the Washington Educational Research Association, the 2011 evaluation followed the general structure of the 2010 Program Evaluation. Key results are summarized below.

Improving on the 2010 evaluation

In addition to the metrics used in 2010, two academic assessments were added to the 2011 evaluation:

• San Diego Quick Assessment (reading)
• Math Facts Count Assessment (arithmetic)

Relative to the 2010 evaluation, available data doubled to include:

• 72 student cases
• MAPS data from 4 schools
• Surveys completed by 100% of teachers
• 50 student survey respondents

Key results

• Internal program assessments indicated substantial improvements in reading proficiency
• IIY students exceeded expected improvements based on their progress rates prior to joining the program
• Significant differences were found between internal measures and school measures